Bottle or jar cover



Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,179

0. PETERSON BOTTLE OR JAR COVER Filed Feb. 20, 1926 U. PETERSON.

Patented Oct. 9, 1928..

OLE PETERSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BOTTLE OR Application filed February My invention relates to an improvementin a bottle 'or jar having a cover which is particularly constructed to suspend a brush re- .movably within the utensil above the level of a quantity of liquid stored therein, for example, such liquids as cement, glue, varnish, shellac, paint and other substances. which are subject to coagulation or evaporable liquids such as alcohol, etc. As const-ructed, the cover permits the top of the jar to be closed ti 'htly while clamping the brush in place, and the cover is also provided with means for holding the brush securely in suspended position when the top of the jar is opened or uncovered.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a sectional view and side elevation of my improved jar, and a brush suspended therein, this view being taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the jar and its cover on line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top view of the jar cover and brush, the cover being closed as in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a top view of the cover opened.

The invention comprises a.

made of glass or any other suitable material,

and which may be formed with a screwthreaded neck 3 to permit a screw-threaded cap or cover 4 of metal to be detachably connected therewith. Cover 4 comprises a fiat top 5 having a relatively large round opening 6 centrally therein, and this top also contains a second and smaller opening or recess 7 extending from and involving a part of the edge of the main opening 6. Cover 4 is made preferably of sheet metal possessing spring qualities, andrecess 7 may be produced by slitting the stock at right angles opposite the edge of opening 6, and then bending the severed parts downwardly to provide two spring tongues 99 which may be utilized to engage the round handle 10 of a brush 11 when the handle is inserted within rescess 7. In severing the stock in top 5 to provide tongues 9-9 a V-shaped cut may be made at the edge of opening 6, thus producing beveled extremities for tongues 9-9, so that when the tongues are bent downward a flaring entrance may be obtained for the brush handle 10, as shown in Fig. 4. The same effect may be obtained by twisting or bending the tongues so that their plane surfaces may be set in reversely-inclined relation, thereby providing a flaring entrance to receive the brush handle lOwhen the handle is shifted laterally from opening 6 into rev bottle or j at 2,

JAR COVER.

20, 1926 Serial m. 99,526.

cess 7. The extremity of each tongue 9 may also be bent laterally at an angle as shown in Fig. 1, and the brush handle 10 may be provided with an annular enlargement or bead 12 to promote a locking and gripping effect on the handle 10 when introduced "between the "tongues." In additiom'a collar 14 of felt or rubber may be affixed to handle 10 to cover and close recess 7 when the handle is located therein, and collar 14 will also fuction to support brush 11 at a suitable elevation within jar 2, preferably above and out of contact with any liquid 13 contained therein. This liquid is usually of a kind or character requiring protection, therefore, a

' flat cover plate 16 of irregular outline, is

pivotally secured at 17 upon cover 4 at one side of opening 6. Plate 16 is adapted to cover opening 6 entirely and top 5 only partially, being made circular at one edge 15 to correspond with the circular border edge of cover 4, and formed irregularly at its other side or edge 18 to provide a semi-circular lid 19 of substantially the same diameter as round opening 6, whereby when the cover plate is turned to a closed position over top 5 the circular edge of the lid will pass beneath a raised flange 20 of crescentshape which borders one side of opening 6.

In this way cover plate 16 may be locked in a clamping and sealing position upon top 5 of cover 4. Moreover, a small semi-circular recess 21 is formed in edge 18 of cover plate 16 adjacent the central'extension or lid 19 where it may register with recess'7 in top 5 when the cover plate is closed thereby permitting the brush handle to occupy recess 7 and to serve as a stop for thecover while also permitting the cover plate to partly cover said recess or opening 7. A lip 22 is also formed at the outer edge of plate 16 opposite recess 21 to facilitate the opening and closing of the cover by finger engagement. The pivot for cover plate 16 is diametrically opposite the brush holding recess 7 in top 5, and a quarter-turn of the cover 'plate will uncover opening 6 nearly entirely because the semi-circular lid portion 19 is at the center and of much lesser diameter than the cover plate itself. When opening 6 is uncovered the brush may be shifted laterally either into or out of side recess 7, and when removed from the recess it may be dipped into the liquid before withdrawing it from the vessel jar. The brush may also be replaced in recess 7 without dipping it into the liquid and the tongues 99 Will grip and hold the handle Vertically in a suspended position When the cover plate is open.

That I claim, is: A bottle or jar, having a screw-threaded neck, and a screw-threaded cover detachably connected With said neck, comprising a relatively large round opening having a small recess extending laterally from the edge thereof, a flange of crescent-shape at one side of said large opening, tongues bent downwardly at the edge of said recess, said tongues having flaring extremities adapted to lead the handle of a brush from said large opening into said recess, and a cover plate pivotally secured to sald cover having an edge portion corresponding to the edge of said cover and a l1d portion of irregular flange on the cover when the cover plate is closed.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature;

OLE PETERSON. 

